LAURENS COUNTY, SC. (THECOUNT) — Julienne Burgeson Butkus, of Cross Hill, South Carolina, has been identified as the victim in a Wednesday night fatal vehicle crash in Laurens County.
Butkus, 55, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Cross Hill Wednesday night.
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According to reports, Butkus was operating a vehicle on Watts Bridge Road in Cross Hill, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. The vehicle then came into contact with a tree.
Butkus was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Laurens County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was 66,537. Its county seat is Laurens. Laurens County is included in the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.